resolution; vote; decision
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
brewing; fermenting; arousing; causing; creating
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
territorial dispute; territorial issue
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
concealment; suppression; hiding
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
idly; lazily; evasively; elusively; laziness; fooling around
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
arbitration; intercession; mediation
in the meanwhile; during the time
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
serious; severe; grave; acute
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
scale; scope; plan; structure
ongoing; in progress; afoot
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
to hurt; to smart; to sting
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
otherwise; or else; if not
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
invisibly; secretly; privately
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness